Friday 03 September 2010 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
India initiates efforts to promote MSMEs

India supplements the efforts of the states and union territories by providing supportive measures through schemes and initiative to enhance the competitiveness of the MSMEs.

New Delhi: The government has announced 10-point initiatives under the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme to be implemented during Eleventh Plan period in macro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) clusters in the public private partnership (PPP) mode.
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The measures include ongoing schemes as well as new schemes under the Package for Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises announced in Lok Sabha on February 27, 2007.

Some of the new initiatives for the promotion and development of MSMEs include a scheme for financial assistance to select management and business schools and technical institutes to conduct tailor made courses.

It also includes a scheme for financial assistance to five select universities and colleges to run 1,200 entrepreneurial clubs.

The Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana will assist potential 1.5 lakh first-generation entrepreneurs in completion of various formalities and tasks necessary for setting up of their enterprises and to facilitate them in completing the required formalities during the course of Eleventh Five Year Plan.

The government has also proposed a scheme for Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) by merger of existing REGP and PMRY schemes.

It also proposed to provide a package for developing infrastructure for Khadi Institutions including nursing fund for weak institutions, besides initiating Workshed Scheme for Khadi Artisans.

A scheme for enhancing productivity and competitiveness of Khadi industries and artisans has been proposed, apart from a scheme for rejuvenation, modernisation and technological upgradation of coir industry.
—iGovernment Bureau

I have worked with exporters and other various organizations and noticed that most of the exhibition centres are occupied by vendors and traders. Most of the poor OEMs are not getting the space to display their products. Getting the space at exhibition centres are not an easy task. There should be wide space and government should ensure that OEMs are getting priority to display their products. This will boost our export as they can sell at much less price than the vendors/traders.
REgards

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